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the defense did not ask any questions to george floyd's brother. cardiologist doctor jonathan rich testified that heart disease had nothing to do with the death of george floyd. he saw that george floyd died because the police crushing his body against the pavement to deprived him of oxygen. >> george floyd died from a cardiopulmonary arrest. it was caused by low oxygen levels and those low oxygen levels were induced by the prone restraint in positional exfoliation that he was objected to. i believe that mr. george floyd's death was absolutely preventable. >> were there critical points in time during his subdual and restraint on the ground when you feel measures could have or should have been taken? >> yes i do. there were several junctures, actually. >> will you tell us about those? >> sure. well the first of course was to not subject him to that initial prone restraint positioning that he was subjected to. i mean, that is first and foremost so if that was not the case i don't think he would have died. >> the final witness for the prosecution toda
the defense did not ask any questions to george floyd's brother. cardiologist doctor jonathan rich testified that heart disease had nothing to do with the death of george floyd. he saw that george floyd died because the police crushing his body against the pavement to deprived him of oxygen. >> george floyd died from a cardiopulmonary arrest. it was caused by low oxygen levels and those low oxygen levels were induced by the prone restraint in positional exfoliation that he was objected...
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they're not impossible to crack but they should be your first line of defense. two, use the built-in mobile and desktop security. both google and apple have ways you can remotely lock or wipe a phone. make sure you activate this option if case your information is ever compromised. three, use a password with capital letters and symbol. stay awa way from common words and repeated patterns. four, get your u.t. manager to block certain file attachments on the corporate network. even zip files are unnecessary in the age of drop box folders and your inbox is more likely to stay virus-free. and five, provide a computer. put very sensitive information on an internal server that can only be accessed from the building. you'll have more control on what information enters and leaves. >>> it's time now to answer some of your business questions. lawrence and brian is back with us once again. the first one is about your social media marketing. >> how would you recommend to get a great following on social media organically? >> it is the question maybe we get the most here. it's
they're not impossible to crack but they should be your first line of defense. two, use the built-in mobile and desktop security. both google and apple have ways you can remotely lock or wipe a phone. make sure you activate this option if case your information is ever compromised. three, use a password with capital letters and symbol. stay awa way from common words and repeated patterns. four, get your u.t. manager to block certain file attachments on the corporate network. even zip files are...
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. >> evelyn, how is the defense community, the intelligence committee, responding to this part of the trump presidency, the wild tweeting about their activities? i mean, this notion of this wiretapping would certainly involve at least the fbi, possibly more than that. >> well, first of all, it's a continuation of the assault that donald trump, that president trump, has essentially committed against the intelligence community since the day he became a candidate almost when he was disparaging the professionals saying he didn't want to listen to their intelligence briefings, et cetera. but the bigger problem is there's a national security issue here. russia is our adversary. they do not mean the united states well. and the first thing the congressional republicans can do is do a real investigation, start a real investigation, on the hill on what russia did to interfere in our elections. they can set up a select committee orn independent bipartisan commission, but they've got to do it fast because is is not going away. >> nick, donald trump did not get a majority of the vote when he ran f
. >> evelyn, how is the defense community, the intelligence committee, responding to this part of the trump presidency, the wild tweeting about their activities? i mean, this notion of this wiretapping would certainly involve at least the fbi, possibly more than that. >> well, first of all, it's a continuation of the assault that donald trump, that president trump, has essentially committed against the intelligence community since the day he became a candidate almost when he was...
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i'm making the defense objections. it's crazy making. i would much rather have a preliminary and let a defense attorney do his job and a judge do his job. it's the responsibility for the prosecutors to make sure you do it as fairly as you possibly can. >> and justin, one of the grand jurors told a witness, i think part of the responsibility is to find the truth in all of this. and apparently there was no prosecutor there to inform the grand jury that their role at that stage is to not to determine to find the actual truth of the case, but simply to find whether there is probable cause for a -- for the view of some kind of criminal charge. >> i think that's the key. when you're talking about the standard of probable cause, it's a much lower standard than the beyond a reasonable doubt standard that we see in an actual criminal trial, let alone a standard of actually finding the truth. and i think in this process, we saw a number of situation where is, i don't want to cast apersian aspersions on the prosecutor or the prosecutor's office, bu
i'm making the defense objections. it's crazy making. i would much rather have a preliminary and let a defense attorney do his job and a judge do his job. it's the responsibility for the prosecutors to make sure you do it as fairly as you possibly can. >> and justin, one of the grand jurors told a witness, i think part of the responsibility is to find the truth in all of this. and apparently there was no prosecutor there to inform the grand jury that their role at that stage is to not to...
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the big suspense of the defense case is, will the defendant testify? the most important questions that the defense has to answer can only be answered by the defendant but in this defense you run an awful lot of risks by putting him on the witness stand. >> i just cannot imagine derek chauvin testifying. if i'm the prosecutor, and on cross i am going to play that video and i'm going to stop it every five seconds and ask him what were you thinking here? what were you thinking here? i want that jury to see how long his knee was on george floyd's neck. the only possible way he might testify is fe feels -- the defense feels he has slult nothing to lose. you know? it is unlikely but those things have happened. remember that he does not, the defense does not have to prove that derek chauvin was innocent but not guilty by reasonable doubt and make that argument because the prosecution must prove that and you can expect the defense to come in during their closing summation with a time line or rather a number line going from zero to 100 and shows how far close t
the big suspense of the defense case is, will the defendant testify? the most important questions that the defense has to answer can only be answered by the defendant but in this defense you run an awful lot of risks by putting him on the witness stand. >> i just cannot imagine derek chauvin testifying. if i'm the prosecutor, and on cross i am going to play that video and i'm going to stop it every five seconds and ask him what were you thinking here? what were you thinking here? i want...
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i've heard russian air defense troops -- >> colonel, this is not a proxy war by russia. this is a war by russia against another country. this is not proxy, this is not them using another country's battlefield, and supporting another country, that's proxy, when you're supporting another country. this is direct. and there is no previous model that fits this particular confrontation. >> we did not confront the russians in afghanistan. we are doing in ukraine, what we did in afghanistan. the russians confronted afghanistan, we did not dare confront the russians in afghanistan. >> we are saying the same thing, frankly, because what we're talking about is the ukrainians, with the material to fight it. i've never advocated for u.s. forces on the ground, or in the air. that's never been part of the discussion. when i'm saying is, we need to put the ukrainians to be able to effectively fight on their own, they've actually proving themselves, and shows in the 42 in. they just need to be equipped, just like we're about russian forces in afghanistan, we support the mujahideen in the
i've heard russian air defense troops -- >> colonel, this is not a proxy war by russia. this is a war by russia against another country. this is not proxy, this is not them using another country's battlefield, and supporting another country, that's proxy, when you're supporting another country. this is direct. and there is no previous model that fits this particular confrontation. >> we did not confront the russians in afghanistan. we are doing in ukraine, what we did in...
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we need full visibility into the budget planning under way at the defense department and other agencies in order to avoid any window of confusion or catch-up that our adversaries may try to exploit. as i said from the beginning, we have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. right now we just aren't getting all the information that we need for the ongoing -- from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. it's nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility. >> leading off our discussion tonight, jonathan alter, columnist for the daily beast and msnbc political analyst. he's the author of the new book, "his very best: jimmy carter, a life." christina greer is with us, associate professor of political science at fordham university. jonathan, let me start with you and jimmy carter because jimmy carter was in the position that donald trump finds himself in. jimmy carter, a one-term president, defeated in his reelection campaign, by a republican incoming president, ronald reagan. it was a ten
we need full visibility into the budget planning under way at the defense department and other agencies in order to avoid any window of confusion or catch-up that our adversaries may try to exploit. as i said from the beginning, we have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. right now we just aren't getting all the information that we need for the ongoing -- from the outgoing administration in key national...
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this after the judge denied a defense notion move that trial out of minneapolis. defense attorneys claim chauvin could not get a fair trial because of all the publicity following that city's historic $27 million settlement with the family of george floyd. the judge will also allow evidence to be heard from floyd's 2019 arrest. >> 2019 evidence is only admissible for the limited purpose of showing what mr. floyd's -- as an example of mr. floyd's bodily reaction, his physical symptoms upon being confronted in almost the exact same situation. >>> and joining me now, msnbc legal analyst paul butler. paul, welcome, good to see you. so, as we just heard, judge cahill is allowing evidence from george floyd's 2019 arrest to be admissible in the chauvin trial. give me your thoughts on that. >> this is a huge victory for chauvin, alex. his defense will be that he didn't kill george floyd and that floyd died because of a drug overdose, and they say that when floyd knew that he was going to be arrested, he swallowed drugs so that the police would not find them and now they ha
this after the judge denied a defense notion move that trial out of minneapolis. defense attorneys claim chauvin could not get a fair trial because of all the publicity following that city's historic $27 million settlement with the family of george floyd. the judge will also allow evidence to be heard from floyd's 2019 arrest. >> 2019 evidence is only admissible for the limited purpose of showing what mr. floyd's -- as an example of mr. floyd's bodily reaction, his physical symptoms upon...
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defense department confirming it was a u.s. military strike that has killed soleimani as described by our bureau chief moments ago he's not only a well-known figure in the middle east and in middle eastern geopolitics, in his telling he's essentially the second most powerful man in iran after the supreme leader. what the consequences will be of his assassination which is being confirmed by the defense department in the last few minutes remains to be seen. that's going to do it for us at least right now. >> we're going to be continuing the breaking news coverage of this event. the information in the last 10 minutes has just changed dramatically. as you began reporting on it, it was hard to even confirm this had happened, we really just had iraqi sources at the beginning and we finally had iranian forces and now the department of defense. so it seems everything we need for confirmation of this we now have. >> not that long but for the initial coverage it was all those iraqi tv sources and then everything sort of fell into order p
defense department confirming it was a u.s. military strike that has killed soleimani as described by our bureau chief moments ago he's not only a well-known figure in the middle east and in middle eastern geopolitics, in his telling he's essentially the second most powerful man in iran after the supreme leader. what the consequences will be of his assassination which is being confirmed by the defense department in the last few minutes remains to be seen. that's going to do it for us at least...
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and we have to keep our defense up. we have to keep on top of it. but be aware that this is a different era. you know, the theme of this season is divided we fail. and we see the consequences of the division within the intelligence agencies and what that led to. but the extreme partisanship and the discredit that is thrown at the intelligence agencies i think is very damaging and distracting to us right now when we should be concentrated on these threats. >> let me close by talking about in the book "the looming tower," zawahiri comes through in the hulu series as well. here we are 18 years later, who would have thought that zawahiri would still be out there, still be guiding al qaeda. when you consider that, what do you conclude about this man? >> well, he's proven himself to be a far more supple leader than i thought he would be. up to 9/11, he had not been a good leader. he had, you know, his egyptian islamic jihad which he had run into the ground. he was not charismatic. he was sort on of the opposite. but he has proved to be elusive. and he has
and we have to keep our defense up. we have to keep on top of it. but be aware that this is a different era. you know, the theme of this season is divided we fail. and we see the consequences of the division within the intelligence agencies and what that led to. but the extreme partisanship and the discredit that is thrown at the intelligence agencies i think is very damaging and distracting to us right now when we should be concentrated on these threats. >> let me close by talking about...
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the defense department said the president took defensive action to protect u.s. personnel overseas adding this quote, general soleimani was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats throughout the region. his quds force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american and the coalition services. tensionsis
the defense department said the president took defensive action to protect u.s. personnel overseas adding this quote, general soleimani was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats throughout the region. his quds force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american and the coalition services. tensionsis
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>> i do. >> do understand you wave any and all defenses including mental health defenses by interests entering this guilty plea? >> yes. >> how do you plead to the six counts of interfering with election duties? >> guilty. >> the defendant sydney powell, along with several coconspirators entered into a conspiracy to intervene with the performance of election duties of codefendant misty hampton, also known as emily misty hayes. and our time is relevant to the conspiracy, misty hampton was the elections coordinator for a coffee county georgia, and was subject to title 21 of octa. the purpose of the conspiracy was to use misty hampton's position to unlawfully access secure elections machines in coffee county, georgia. the restitution will go to the secretary of state for the cost to those incurred for having to replace equipment. >> are you pleading to guilty today because you agree that there is a sufficient factual basis? that there are enough facts to support this plea of guilty? >> i. do >> you testify truthfully against any and all codefendants in this manner, and any other proceedi
>> i do. >> do understand you wave any and all defenses including mental health defenses by interests entering this guilty plea? >> yes. >> how do you plead to the six counts of interfering with election duties? >> guilty. >> the defendant sydney powell, along with several coconspirators entered into a conspiracy to intervene with the performance of election duties of codefendant misty hampton, also known as emily misty hayes. and our time is relevant to the...
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according to the defense, the defense council said in the opening statement, that the defense would be entirely about the cause of death of george floyd. the medical examiner in minnesota ruled that george floyd's death was a homicide. in addition to the medical examiners testimony, the prosecution has offered testimony from a world renowned physician dr. martin toobin. doctor tobin pinpointed the exact moment on the street after george floyd stopped breathing. the moment which as dr. tobin put it, was the moment the life goes out of the body. the prosecution also offered testimony from a cardiologist who explained that george floyd did not die from any form of heart disease. the cardiologist testified george floyd's's heart stopped only because of the pressure because of his body, from derek chauvin that cut off the flow of oxygen in george floyd system. and after all that careful and precise medical testimony today, the entire defense case came down to this rambling answer to this simple question. >> how would you classify the manner? >> so this is one of those cases when you have so
according to the defense, the defense council said in the opening statement, that the defense would be entirely about the cause of death of george floyd. the medical examiner in minnesota ruled that george floyd's death was a homicide. in addition to the medical examiners testimony, the prosecution has offered testimony from a world renowned physician dr. martin toobin. doctor tobin pinpointed the exact moment on the street after george floyd stopped breathing. the moment which as dr. tobin put...
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defenses? >> how very difficult it is to successfully mount one. i think we have the best criminal conference bar in america right here in this state. and as an analyst for so many networks, including the original court tv, i've seen lawyers from all over america. my position is, that we have the finest criminal defense bar and some of the finest prosecutors that i've ever seen. i think what it reaffirms is that these two defense attorneys did what all of us that have a law license are supposed to do, you bring your a-game, and when it's over you can look at yourself in the mirror and know that you did the absolute best that you possibly could. >> judge snipes, before we go, i want to review whether there's anything that suggests a possible hook for an avenue of appeal of any kind in this case? >> you have to review the record of trial. but from what i've seen in media reports, and of course, i wasn't in the courtroom or anything, i don't see anything that would be reversible error in the case.
defenses? >> how very difficult it is to successfully mount one. i think we have the best criminal conference bar in america right here in this state. and as an analyst for so many networks, including the original court tv, i've seen lawyers from all over america. my position is, that we have the finest criminal defense bar and some of the finest prosecutors that i've ever seen. i think what it reaffirms is that these two defense attorneys did what all of us that have a law license are...
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the defense attorney that's going to be handling the case, earl gray, is an excellent defense attorney, one of the top five attorneys in the state of minnesota, and he's going to be looking at every aspect of the case in terms of whether or not she was thinking that he was going for a gun in the car or whatever. they're going to try to put the victim on trial, which is unfortunate, but that's what they're going to try to do. >> f. clayton tyler, thank you for your insights. we appreciate it. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> joining us now is brooklyn center tina smith of minnesota. thank you for joining us, and you are joining us once again while protesters are on the street in minnesota. you were with us when we were covering the protests of the killing of george floyd last year. what is it like for you to be back seeing this again in minnesota? >> well, thank you, lawrence. it's great to be with you. i feel like i think a lot of people people on the streets of brooklyn center tonight and all across my state. a sense of exhaustion, grief and also anger and frustration. i mean, how ma
the defense attorney that's going to be handling the case, earl gray, is an excellent defense attorney, one of the top five attorneys in the state of minnesota, and he's going to be looking at every aspect of the case in terms of whether or not she was thinking that he was going for a gun in the car or whatever. they're going to try to put the victim on trial, which is unfortunate, but that's what they're going to try to do. >> f. clayton tyler, thank you for your insights. we appreciate...
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remember that he does not, the defense does not have to prove that derek chauvin was innocent the defense only has to prove that he was not guilty by reasonable doubt and make that argument because the prosecution has to prove that. you expect the defense to come in with their closing summation with a time line, a number line that goes from 0 to 100 and shows how far close to 100 beyond a reasonable dowd is. so i don't see him testifying. i think that's the last-ditch effort. i think that would just be food for the prosecution. >> kirk, mark, thank you once again tonight. really appreciate it. >>> we'll continue to cover the situation in brooklyn center, minnesota, live where people are protesting the police killing yesterday of 20-year-old daunte wright. msnbc's ron allen is joining us now. ron, where are you? what is the latest? >> reporter: we are in the same place, lawrence. we're about 100 yards or so from where the police station is. but in the last half hour or so, the police have started a move. they're trying to clear the street in front of the police headquarters. and they broug
remember that he does not, the defense does not have to prove that derek chauvin was innocent the defense only has to prove that he was not guilty by reasonable doubt and make that argument because the prosecution has to prove that. you expect the defense to come in with their closing summation with a time line, a number line that goes from 0 to 100 and shows how far close to 100 beyond a reasonable dowd is. so i don't see him testifying. i think that's the last-ditch effort. i think that would...
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judge parker dismantled each attorney's defense point by point. some of the attorneys said because they were not admitted to practice law in michigan, the judge had no authority over themto which the judge cited the michigan rules of professional conduct, quote, a lawyer not admitted in this jurisdiction is also subject to the disciplinary authority of this jurisdiction if the lawyer provides or offers to provide any legal services in this jurisdiction. the judge found that attorney lynn wood was not telling the truth when he said he did not realize that his name was going to be included in this lawsuit as one of the lawyers in the case. the judge questioned lynn wood closely about this during the hearing, and lynn wood said then, i do not specifically recall being asked about the michigan complaint. would i have objected to be included by name? i don't believe so. and in that same hearing, sydney powell, when questioned by the judge, contradicted lynn wood saying, my view, your honor, is that i did specifically ask mr. wood for his permission. in
judge parker dismantled each attorney's defense point by point. some of the attorneys said because they were not admitted to practice law in michigan, the judge had no authority over themto which the judge cited the michigan rules of professional conduct, quote, a lawyer not admitted in this jurisdiction is also subject to the disciplinary authority of this jurisdiction if the lawyer provides or offers to provide any legal services in this jurisdiction. the judge found that attorney lynn wood...
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the medical examiner is going to be a key part of the defense case. going forward this is not caused by a lack of oxygen but rather a heart attack. they never saw mr. floyd in a prone position, they did not know what to look for what was hiding in plain site of the low level of oxygen was the cause of death. they anticipated it and rebutted it before the defense had a chance to make the case. >> we have to go to a break. i want to ask you about police training. today dr. tobin destroyed the idea that if you can speak, you can breathe. we heard in police training that has been as basic message in training. when you were trained for the nypd, was that the theory at the time? if they can speak, they can breathe? >> it goes further than that. it was no trailing with regards to what asphyxiation looks like. what will happen if someone is being choked out so to speak. this was many years ago and training has involved. something i have stressed is while i have great respect for our men and women, they're police officers, it may be a time to integrate more ci
the medical examiner is going to be a key part of the defense case. going forward this is not caused by a lack of oxygen but rather a heart attack. they never saw mr. floyd in a prone position, they did not know what to look for what was hiding in plain site of the low level of oxygen was the cause of death. they anticipated it and rebutted it before the defense had a chance to make the case. >> we have to go to a break. i want to ask you about police training. today dr. tobin destroyed...
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and then since the defense put on no defense it hasn't been contradicted at all. and that was about the disclosure of foreign bank accounts. a treasury official testified who's an investigator of these kinds of matters, a prosecution asked did you conduct a search of whether paul manafort filed an f bar 4 the tax years 20112012, 2013 and 2014. these were reports there were no foreign bank accounts. the witness says there were none filed, absolutely none. prosecution, thank you, they're done. no contradiction of that from the defense. what can possibly be in the final argument that a juror could cling to, something in the defense final argument, that could lead to a not guilty on that count? >> excuse me. the argument that the defense will have to make here, lawrence, is that mr. manafort lacked the intent to fail to report these foreign bank accounts, meaning he sure didn't, he sure had them, but the reason it's not a crime, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that there was an omission, it was a mistake. the government has to show that when he failed to report t
and then since the defense put on no defense it hasn't been contradicted at all. and that was about the disclosure of foreign bank accounts. a treasury official testified who's an investigator of these kinds of matters, a prosecution asked did you conduct a search of whether paul manafort filed an f bar 4 the tax years 20112012, 2013 and 2014. these were reports there were no foreign bank accounts. the witness says there were none filed, absolutely none. prosecution, thank you, they're done. no...
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and his defense counsel lied about it today. they said once the attack had started all he did was call for calm. no, all he did once the attack started he pointed the bulls eye -- the metaphorical bulls eye at mike pence who he knew at the time was already being whisked to safety ahead of the mob's incursion. and that new clarity has resulted in some interesting expressions of concern from prominent republicans. nikki haley former republican governor of south carolina, she was ambassador to u.n. under trump. haley has remained a powerful figure in republican politics. she's generally remained a defender of mr. trump. she wants to be considered a future presidential contender. but here's what she had to say about vice president pence's safety on january 6th and what president trump might have known about it. this is from politico. quote, when i tell you i'm angry it's an understatement haley hissed leaning forward as she spoke. mike has been nothing but loyal to that man. he has been nothing but a good friend to that man. i'm so
and his defense counsel lied about it today. they said once the attack had started all he did was call for calm. no, all he did once the attack started he pointed the bulls eye -- the metaphorical bulls eye at mike pence who he knew at the time was already being whisked to safety ahead of the mob's incursion. and that new clarity has resulted in some interesting expressions of concern from prominent republicans. nikki haley former republican governor of south carolina, she was ambassador to...
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and i'm going to hit canada with tariffs claiming that this is for national defense, immediately that day the chairman of the finance committee would immediately schedule a -- not a hearing on this subject because it's so clearly illegal we don't need one -- would immediately schedule a markup of a bill to modify the loss so that the president does not have that authority. they'd immediately just take it away. because chairman of committees were ego maniacal power hungry people who finally had their ego maniacal powers as chairman. so too was speaker of the house who presidents had to beg to do what they wanted even when the speaker was in the same party as the president. so too majority leaders even when the majority leader was in the same party as the president. the president was a beggar saying to those people would you do this, and most of the time they said no. and they gave the president some fraction of what the president asked them to do. and some part of that -- a lot of that was politics. a lot of it was the dynamics of the body. but a certain percentage of it was just good
and i'm going to hit canada with tariffs claiming that this is for national defense, immediately that day the chairman of the finance committee would immediately schedule a -- not a hearing on this subject because it's so clearly illegal we don't need one -- would immediately schedule a markup of a bill to modify the loss so that the president does not have that authority. they'd immediately just take it away. because chairman of committees were ego maniacal power hungry people who finally had...
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after six witnesses completed their testimony today in the defense of derek chauvin, no real defense of derek chauvin's conduct emerged from that testimony. some of the witnesses called by the defense did not want to help the defense, like george floyd's former girlfriend, who was in the backseat of george floyd's car when the police approached george floyd. she testified that when she ran into him in the cup foods store, he was happy, normal, talking, and alert. some of the witnesses appeared neutral, like the retired police officer who was asked about the time he arrested george floyd in 2019. the arrest was shown on police body cam video. showing george floyd complying with police orders and being handcuffed. evidence that in no way helped the defense, because it showed how cooperative george floyd could be in that situation. some witnesses clearly wanted to help the defense. like minneapolis police officer peter chang, who was across the street and was never a part of the action himself. so here is how he tried to help the defense. >> as mr. floyd and the officers were across the
after six witnesses completed their testimony today in the defense of derek chauvin, no real defense of derek chauvin's conduct emerged from that testimony. some of the witnesses called by the defense did not want to help the defense, like george floyd's former girlfriend, who was in the backseat of george floyd's car when the police approached george floyd. she testified that when she ran into him in the cup foods store, he was happy, normal, talking, and alert. some of the witnesses appeared...
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the defense donald trump offered tonight which, onc again, maybe more of a confession then a defense come one day after his last secretary of defense said that donald trump cannot be trusted with government secrets ever again and it comes one day after donald trump's las senate confirmed attorne general said this. >> this was a case that wa entirely of his own making he had no right to these documents. the government pride for over year, quietly, and with respec to try to get them back whic was essential that they do and he jerked them around. and he had no legal basis fo keeping them but beyond that, when he faced a subpoena, he did not raise any legal arguments. he engaged in a course o deceitful conduct, according t the indictment, that was a clear crime, if thos allegations are true and it was outrageous. >> a clear crime, cistern on trump's last attorney general. one of our first guests tonight, bradley moss, tweeted this question for donald trum today. if you gave the order to declassify all records, an your orders have the force o law even if only done in you own mind, why wou
the defense donald trump offered tonight which, onc again, maybe more of a confession then a defense come one day after his last secretary of defense said that donald trump cannot be trusted with government secrets ever again and it comes one day after donald trump's las senate confirmed attorne general said this. >> this was a case that wa entirely of his own making he had no right to these documents. the government pride for over year, quietly, and with respec to try to get them back...
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. >> jeremy, how would it change your job at the defense department working for the secretary of defense if you were sitting there waiting for presidential decision that is simply were not coming? >> that would have been unacceptable. time matters. again, when lives are on the line you don't have a lot of time to waste. some of this authority should be predelegated. the rules of engagement should be set forth to the secretary of defense and the commanders on the ground. if there are jaumts to make you take that back to national security councils have that conversation in the inner agency group. ultimately take it to the president. if the president is not involved or more specifically if the president is unwilling to take the fight to russia in the skies over syria again that is a dangerous situation. >> jeremy bash thank you for sharing expertise and experience with us tonight. appreciate it. >> tonight's last word is next. dear predictable, there's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our
. >> jeremy, how would it change your job at the defense department working for the secretary of defense if you were sitting there waiting for presidential decision that is simply were not coming? >> that would have been unacceptable. time matters. again, when lives are on the line you don't have a lot of time to waste. some of this authority should be predelegated. the rules of engagement should be set forth to the secretary of defense and the commanders on the ground. if there are...
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there isn't a defense of donald trump. there isn't anything helpful for donald trump anywhere in these transcripts offered by any of the republicans in the room, including the republican staff. >> that's right. and you don't see them tipping their hand to any kind of defense strategy. it really shows the advantage that democrats have had in holding these hearings behind closed doors. my experience in closed-door hearings is actually members do a much better job of trying to get to the truth because they're not playing for the audience beyond the cameras. and so they are actually much more thoughtful here. but if jordan and meadows thought there was any defense that they could make, they would be trying to elicit that from these witnesses. and one of the things that really struck me about this transcript is when ambassador mckinley says in his 37 years in the foreign service, he's never seen anything like this. so far all of those defenders of the president who keep trying to argue that all presidents do this, and what he h
there isn't a defense of donald trump. there isn't anything helpful for donald trump anywhere in these transcripts offered by any of the republicans in the room, including the republican staff. >> that's right. and you don't see them tipping their hand to any kind of defense strategy. it really shows the advantage that democrats have had in holding these hearings behind closed doors. my experience in closed-door hearings is actually members do a much better job of trying to get to the...
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and in just over 12 hours the trump defense lawyers will begin their defense. today the democratic managers drew a straight line from trump's incendiary rhetoric to the rioters' actions. and they warned the senators who make up the jury that failure to punish the former president would leave the door wide open for future political violence.
and in just over 12 hours the trump defense lawyers will begin their defense. today the democratic managers drew a straight line from trump's incendiary rhetoric to the rioters' actions. and they warned the senators who make up the jury that failure to punish the former president would leave the door wide open for future political violence.
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the trump defense may point to a case on archbald. and there most of the senators who spoke out at the time, all though that judge was acquitted of fire offenses, said they believe that you could be convicted for prior offenses. they didn't think the evidence was strong enough. so even that case doesn't support the defense. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you so much for starting us off on this hour. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> after this break, a look at the evidence that will be presented in the senate trial including some of the video that will be presented as evidence. former federal prosecutor daniel goldman who worked on the first impeachment investigation of donald trump will join us next. f donald trump wiljol in us next wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. your books are all set. so you can finally give john some attention. trusted experts. guaranteed accurate books. intuit quickbooks live. â
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ti o'brian, let me read to you about something from the defense lawyers. defense lawyers pointed to the harm that the business, the trump organization, could face if it were indicted, including damage to its relationships with bank and business partners, the people said. what is the danger of that? >> it could potentially put organizations out of business. we saw this with enron in the paths. banks don't want to lend money to organizations that have criminal charges hanging over their heads. donald trump is a developer who has always borrowed a lot of money to do business. he relies on bank debt for the leverage he needs to do business. if banks of any stripe won't extend him loans or continue to do business with him, that could be a death knell. other vendors and business partners who may no longer want ton in bed with the trump organization for both reputational and legal reasons. so it's a real -- it is going to be a heavy blow on the trump organization and it could be extremely existential. >> dan, so michael cohen's point that when this first indictme
ti o'brian, let me read to you about something from the defense lawyers. defense lawyers pointed to the harm that the business, the trump organization, could face if it were indicted, including damage to its relationships with bank and business partners, the people said. what is the danger of that? >> it could potentially put organizations out of business. we saw this with enron in the paths. banks don't want to lend money to organizations that have criminal charges hanging over their...
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the trump defense may point to a case involving judge archibald. he was impeached for conduct in a prior position. and there, most of the senators who spoke out at the time, although that judge was acquitted of prior offenses, said they believe that you could be convicted for prior offenses. they didn't think the evidence was strong enough. so even that case doesn't support the defense. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you very much for starting us off on this hour. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> after this break, a look at the evidence that will be presented in the senate trial including some of the video that will be presented as evidence. former federal prosecutor daniel goldman, who worked on the first impeachment investigation of donald trump, will join us next. . if you have risk factors like heart disease, diabetes and raised triglycerides,... ...vascepa can give you something to celebrate. ♪ vascepa, when added to your statin,... ...is clinically proven to provide 25% lower risk from heart attack and stroke. vascepa is clearly diffe
the trump defense may point to a case involving judge archibald. he was impeached for conduct in a prior position. and there, most of the senators who spoke out at the time, although that judge was acquitted of prior offenses, said they believe that you could be convicted for prior offenses. they didn't think the evidence was strong enough. so even that case doesn't support the defense. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you very much for starting us off on this hour. we appreciate it....
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we have to get to work on that defense now. >> lawrence, we do. the most striking finding in the mueller report is that the russians hacked our e-mails and they manipulated social media. and there is some very basic things we need to do to make sure the russians never do that again and other countries don't do that again. first we need tech companies to better coordinate to make sure they're removing bots and removing suspicious actors. second we need law enforcement agencies to help coordinate with the tech companies to be able to do that. and third, we need to better provide tech equipment and intelligence to campaigns so they're not as vulnerable. >> congressman khanna, i want to get your reaction to what we led the show with tonight, which is the administration switching positions on this court case involving the affordable care act. so now president trump and the trump administration through the courts are trying to dismantle and, in effect, repeal the entirety -- the entirety -- of the affordable care act. >> i mean, they're hurting the very
we have to get to work on that defense now. >> lawrence, we do. the most striking finding in the mueller report is that the russians hacked our e-mails and they manipulated social media. and there is some very basic things we need to do to make sure the russians never do that again and other countries don't do that again. first we need tech companies to better coordinate to make sure they're removing bots and removing suspicious actors. second we need law enforcement agencies to help...
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he also got the secretary of defense's name wrong. and that's what makes it a classic trump presidential tweet. the combination of deceit and stupidity with carelessness. calling defense secretary mark esper mark esperonto got trump a lot of ridicule on twitter yesterday and a lot of laughs but i couldn't laugh this time. sometimes i do, sometimes i laugh at trump nonsense and sometimes i just can't. and i'm sure you all have those moments, can't quite tell when they're going to come. kind of a mood thing. times when you laugh about trump and times when you just can't. for whatever reason, this one was one of those moments for me where i couldn't laugh, and the mark esperanto tweet did not strike me as funny. it actually felt deadly serious. normally typos on twitter mean nothing, but a typo is when you type something by mistake that you know is wrong and you usually go correct it pretty quickly. there's no reason for anyone in the world to be confident that the president of the united states actually knew the real name of his defense
he also got the secretary of defense's name wrong. and that's what makes it a classic trump presidential tweet. the combination of deceit and stupidity with carelessness. calling defense secretary mark esper mark esperonto got trump a lot of ridicule on twitter yesterday and a lot of laughs but i couldn't laugh this time. sometimes i do, sometimes i laugh at trump nonsense and sometimes i just can't. and i'm sure you all have those moments, can't quite tell when they're going to come. kind of a...
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it shows that they're concerned, they're anxious that they're defensive. they know they're on the wrong side of history. they're on the wrong side, despite now we just have to win it. >> how do you--i mean, you are one of the one of your roles here from my distance is cheerleader you are in charge of keeping spirits up and keeping the smile going as the as the the struggle gets seems to be getting more and more difficult. >> well, there's a lot to be optimistic about, you know, when when we went to the state capitol to testify against sb seven, hb six, there are hundreds of other texans who driven from all over the state and as you know, it's 254 counties to timezones, there's a lot of miles, a lot of hours to get to the capitol in the midst of a pandemic, which we're not through yet. and yet people are willing to come out and stem stand up for democracy, they wait 14 1516 hours to get there two minutes to testify for all these great groups like the texas civil rights project, move to texas democratic parties doing a lot of great work. so i see a response
it shows that they're concerned, they're anxious that they're defensive. they know they're on the wrong side of history. they're on the wrong side, despite now we just have to win it. >> how do you--i mean, you are one of the one of your roles here from my distance is cheerleader you are in charge of keeping spirits up and keeping the smile going as the as the the struggle gets seems to be getting more and more difficult. >> well, there's a lot to be optimistic about, you know, when...
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>> neal, can the defense appeal a discovery motion like thisin a ruling by the judge? >> no. not really. it's an interlocutory appeal that would have to be certified and get very special standards. it's not gonna happen here. the judge here has massive discretion to rule the evidence the way she wants and to an extent on trump has a complaint, if he is convicted, as i suspect he will be, he can appeal and make that part of his complaint that judge chutkan didn't let him see some particular piece of evidence or not. good luck with that appeal. >> i want to get both of your reactions to this new information from liz cheney's book that kevin mccarthy is saying two days after the election he knows that he lost. we're gonna squeeze in a commercial break right now and be right back with neal katyal and harry litman. >>>>> where my family visits often and where my memories are. i can do it with help from a prep cook, wardrobe assistant and stylist, someone to help me live right at home. life's good. when you have a plan. ♪ ♪ he hits his mark —center stage—and is crushed by a
>> neal, can the defense appeal a discovery motion like thisin a ruling by the judge? >> no. not really. it's an interlocutory appeal that would have to be certified and get very special standards. it's not gonna happen here. the judge here has massive discretion to rule the evidence the way she wants and to an extent on trump has a complaint, if he is convicted, as i suspect he will be, he can appeal and make that part of his complaint that judge chutkan didn't let him see some...
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his own defense. do we know what they're thinking about that? >> we don't, lawrence. but i think you're absolutely right. and i would be stunned if paul manafort took the stand in this case. particularly because of the mountain of evidence, paper, document evidence that the government has against him. you said it could come down to sort of a contest of who do you believe, paul manafort or rick gates. but the government does not see it that way. he made a point of saying today this case doesn't rest on any one witness. this is a case where we have two dozen witnesses, many of whom don't know one another, some of whom worked for manafort, some didn't, and we have more than 100 documents that we're going to show you and some of those were introduced into evidence today. and the prosecution really painted an astonishing portrait of greed and deceit, lawrence. you went through some of it. but there are really two parts to this fraud that they're alleging. manafort was working for this ukrainian politician
his own defense. do we know what they're thinking about that? >> we don't, lawrence. but i think you're absolutely right. and i would be stunned if paul manafort took the stand in this case. particularly because of the mountain of evidence, paper, document evidence that the government has against him. you said it could come down to sort of a contest of who do you believe, paul manafort or rick gates. but the government does not see it that way. he made a point of saying today this case...
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and this could, and no doubt will, be part of his defense. if he can produce individuals who say yeah, i heard him say declassified that information. we only know if one individual such far, kash patel, a parent, like he was brought before the grand jury. we don't know what his testimony was. we know he hasn't said anything about it since then. i will say, and this is going to be a problem for donald trump, we're going to talk a lot about what the classified information procedures accuracy, for cifa . that's what governs the use of classified information in criminal cases. all of this is done pretrial. so this is not before the jury. this is going to be before whoever the district judge's. and under the espionage act which deals with national defense information, not classified information, let's just say it's the same thing for purposes of this, one cannot challenge the classification nature of the document. so he's not going to even be able to say, it's over classified. even if he tries to say, the government's response would be, well, it's
and this could, and no doubt will, be part of his defense. if he can produce individuals who say yeah, i heard him say declassified that information. we only know if one individual such far, kash patel, a parent, like he was brought before the grand jury. we don't know what his testimony was. we know he hasn't said anything about it since then. i will say, and this is going to be a problem for donald trump, we're going to talk a lot about what the classified information procedures accuracy, for...
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the defense said it was all perfectly innocent. hendrix worked the drag queen club circuit up and down the east coast as a makeup artist in costuming. body sculpting was all about the costumes. >> i made costumes for them, body suits that were filled with foam. >> so you're saying viva body sculpting doesn't mean viva wasn't going to come shoot you with silicone? >> not at all. not at all. >>> up next, show of hands question, how many of you believe that vera had gone to someone else earlier in the day and had received injections of silicone? >> the defense claims to have another suspect. look, every dag more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ i took some steep risks
the defense said it was all perfectly innocent. hendrix worked the drag queen club circuit up and down the east coast as a makeup artist in costuming. body sculpting was all about the costumes. >> i made costumes for them, body suits that were filled with foam. >> so you're saying viva body sculpting doesn't mean viva wasn't going to come shoot you with silicone? >> not at all. not at all. >>> up next, show of hands question, how many of you believe that vera had gone...
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now that defense is out there, but that also limits his defense. he can't now say that it was actually accurate, that the prosecutor is wrong in saying that it's perjury because it is accurate. so it's a strange situation, but we have a strange cast of characters in this whole episode. >> let's listen to that very strange moment yesterday that we've all seen before, but i want to see it one more time there jerome corsi because i then want to play what roger stone had to say today about jerome corsi. let's start with jerome corsi and follow that immediately with roger stone talki ining about je corsi. >> i fully anticipate the next few days i will be indicted by mueller for some form or other of giving false information to the special counsel or to one of the other grand jury or however they want to do the indictment. >> it appears to me that he's been heavily pressured to bear false witness against me and perhaps other. i do know that he met with candidate trump trump and micha cohen during the campaign. i don't know what that was about. i don't kn
now that defense is out there, but that also limits his defense. he can't now say that it was actually accurate, that the prosecutor is wrong in saying that it's perjury because it is accurate. so it's a strange situation, but we have a strange cast of characters in this whole episode. >> let's listen to that very strange moment yesterday that we've all seen before, but i want to see it one more time there jerome corsi because i then want to play what roger stone had to say today about...
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a prosecutor who puts on all of the evidence meaning all of the defense evidence and doesn't request any particular charges to be filed. this prosecutor bent over backwards to make sure there wouldn't be charges filed. many of us said we would be absolutely shocked if there was an indictment because he rigged the system to get the results he wanted. he got that result, and he never explained in that press conference why officer wilson feared for his life. the most important fact in this case. he said that officer wilson shot meek brown twice in the car. that means that a twice shot bleeding mike brown is running away. officer wilson knows he is not armed. even if he came towards him again, why would he be threatened for his life? why would he have to shoot him in the head and kill him in that moment? and unfortunately, bob mcculloch never answered that question. >> i want to go back to our first guest of the evening. to lisa's point, paul butler, the distribute attorney never said what the key piece of evidence was proving or getting to a reasonable satisfaction level that darren wil
a prosecutor who puts on all of the evidence meaning all of the defense evidence and doesn't request any particular charges to be filed. this prosecutor bent over backwards to make sure there wouldn't be charges filed. many of us said we would be absolutely shocked if there was an indictment because he rigged the system to get the results he wanted. he got that result, and he never explained in that press conference why officer wilson feared for his life. the most important fact in this case....
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after 9/11, could you conceive of the united states senate are rising in defensive people who attacked flight crews, and try to enter the cockpit of flames, in-flight? well, that's exactly what marco rubio, and seven republican senators are now saying, and they have put their support for those criminals on american airliners, in writing, in a letter to the attorney general, opposing the creation of a no fly list for passengers who engage in the vicious violence that we have been seeing on american airliners. in their letter to the attorney general, they actually say, we strongly condemn any violence towards airline workers. they say that in the letter, where they then defend the people who commit the violence against airline workers. marco rubio, ted cruz, rick scott, kevin kramer, cynthia lewis, and joko vin all support the criminals in the sky, and those criminals right to reboard any aircraft they want to board, after they've been convicted of savagely beating flight crews. some of the people who have savagely beaten flight crews have actually brought down those planes, cross countr
after 9/11, could you conceive of the united states senate are rising in defensive people who attacked flight crews, and try to enter the cockpit of flames, in-flight? well, that's exactly what marco rubio, and seven republican senators are now saying, and they have put their support for those criminals on american airliners, in writing, in a letter to the attorney general, opposing the creation of a no fly list for passengers who engage in the vicious violence that we have been seeing on...
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>> lawrence, i think your point about preparing as one of the smartest thing defense did was to burn out the clock. well i think what you're going to hear on monday is the prosecution doing something that is very easy for us to forget especially in the light of some of the testimonies we've seen today and that is reminded jury of what they have heard over the past three weeks. we have been having conversations each night about this case, the jury won't get to deliberate until monday, and they need to be reminded of all the evidence that they have heard. the prosecution will also put the context on what the experts has testified about, i think jay blackwell is just the person to do it, because he has a person who handles cases is used to -- in contributing to someone's death. and i think what the defense is going to do simply try to raise every instance that they can of an example of something that could've contributed to george floyd's death, besides derek chauvin's knee. that is essentially what should we expect on closing armaments on monday. >> kirk burkhalter, it was an odd thing
>> lawrence, i think your point about preparing as one of the smartest thing defense did was to burn out the clock. well i think what you're going to hear on monday is the prosecution doing something that is very easy for us to forget especially in the light of some of the testimonies we've seen today and that is reminded jury of what they have heard over the past three weeks. we have been having conversations each night about this case, the jury won't get to deliberate until monday, and...
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but ukraine did know and donald trump's defense really amounted to a guilty plea. and that's the person -- that's the person matt gaetz tried to help, tried to save by breaking house rules and barging into a room to try to stop what cannot be stopped, the continued collection of damning impeachment evidence against the president of the united states. evidence that virtually guarantees donald trump's position in history as the third president to be impeached by the house of representatives and sent to trial in the united states senate. donald trump knows the names of every one of those republican members of the house who broke the house rules today and violated security procedures of that room. and if he was capable of human feeling, donald trump would actually be grateful to them, all 24 of them, but the names he should pay much more attention to are the 173 republican members of the house of representatives today who did not storm the barricades for donald trump, did not violate the rules of the house of representatives today in a hopeless attempt to block the col
but ukraine did know and donald trump's defense really amounted to a guilty plea. and that's the person -- that's the person matt gaetz tried to help, tried to save by breaking house rules and barging into a room to try to stop what cannot be stopped, the continued collection of damning impeachment evidence against the president of the united states. evidence that virtually guarantees donald trump's position in history as the third president to be impeached by the house of representatives and...